When the offender is not confronted to repent and the offended is confronted to forgive without any sign of repentance, we are punishing the offended and coddling the offender, further supporting the evil.
God has mercy for those who are sorry and ashamed but does not have mercy for those who have no shame over their sin.
Jeremiah 6:15 "Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, Nor did they know even how to be ashamed. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They will collapse,” says the Lord."
Mercy is for the repentant not for those who flaunt and defend their sin. Forgiveness is for those who are sorry, not for those who are proud of the sin.
Jeremiah 7:16, God instructs the prophet Jeremiah to "do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you".
Jeremiah 11:14:
"Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble".
Jeremiah 14:11:
"Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good".
Notice one important thing, God allows consequences for those who are rebellious, when we care more about our own feelings to be seen as kind, than we do about the offending person, we will be solidifying the hardness in their heart. We are not a help to them but a hindrance.
It is only through consequences that unrepentant people learn the tragedy and devastation of their sin on themselves and others around them.
In a nation that promotes happy feelings over emotional and spiritual growth, we will be soft on sin, causing the weakness of the culture to become incurable.
People don't repent anymore, if they are confronted they justify and defend their actions rather than confess to be cleansed of them.
Every sin that is unconfessed leads to a hardened heart until all is admitted and the desire to be changed by Christ is fully realized.
Proverbs 28:12-14 "…12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. 13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. 14 Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble."
When feelings take priority over truth and righteousness we have lost the nation.
God has mercy for those who are sorry and ashamed but does not have mercy for those who have no shame over their sin.
Jeremiah 6:15 "Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, Nor did they know even how to be ashamed. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They will collapse,” says the Lord."
Mercy is for the repentant not for those who flaunt and defend their sin. Forgiveness is for those who are sorry, not for those who are proud of the sin.
Jeremiah 7:16, God instructs the prophet Jeremiah to "do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you".
Jeremiah 11:14:
"Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble".
Jeremiah 14:11:
"Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good".
Notice one important thing, God allows consequences for those who are rebellious, when we care more about our own feelings to be seen as kind, than we do about the offending person, we will be solidifying the hardness in their heart. We are not a help to them but a hindrance.
It is only through consequences that unrepentant people learn the tragedy and devastation of their sin on themselves and others around them.
In a nation that promotes happy feelings over emotional and spiritual growth, we will be soft on sin, causing the weakness of the culture to become incurable.
People don't repent anymore, if they are confronted they justify and defend their actions rather than confess to be cleansed of them.
Every sin that is unconfessed leads to a hardened heart until all is admitted and the desire to be changed by Christ is fully realized.
Proverbs 28:12-14 "…12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. 13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. 14 Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble."
When feelings take priority over truth and righteousness we have lost the nation.
